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quantum physics

Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning

By Charlie Wood
February 7, 2022
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If only scientists understood exactly how electrons act in molecules, they’d be able to predict the behavior of everything from experimental drugs to high-temperature superconductors. Following decades of physics-based insights, artificial intelligence systems are taking the next leap.

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machine learning

Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

By Max G. Levy
February 4, 2022
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Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together.

climate science

Solving the Faint-Sun Paradox

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
January 27, 2022
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We might have a past faint sun to owe for life’s existence. This has consequences for the possibility of life outside Earth.

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explainers

How the Physics of Resonance Shapes Reality

By Ben Brubaker
January 26, 2022
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The same phenomenon by which an opera singer can shatter a wineglass also underlies the very existence of subatomic particles.

quantum gravity

In a Numerical Coincidence, Some See Evidence for String Theory

By Natalie Wolchover
January 21, 2022
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In a quest to map out a quantum theory of gravity, researchers have used logical rules to calculate how much Einstein’s theory must change. The result matches string theory perfectly.

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astrophysics

Any Single Galaxy Reveals the Composition of an Entire Universe

By Charlie Wood
January 20, 2022
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In computer simulations of possible universes, researchers have discovered that a neural network can infer the amount of matter in a whole universe by studying just one of its galaxies.

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quantum gravity

Symmetries Reveal Clues About the Holographic Universe

By Katie McCormick
January 12, 2022
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Physicists have been busy exploring how our universe might emerge like a hologram out of a two-dimensional sheet. New clues have come from the symmetries found on an infinitely distant “celestial sphere.”

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mathematical physics

Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution

By Daniel Garisto
January 10, 2022
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A surprising new solution to Leonhard Euler’s famous “36 officers puzzle” offers a novel way of encoding quantum information.

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fluid dynamics

An Injection of Chaos Solves Decades-Old Fluid Mystery

By Adam Mann
January 4, 2022
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In the 1960s, drillers noticed that certain fluids would firm up if they flowed too fast. Researchers have finally explained why.


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